Phil Prelli
Executive Committee Secretary
National Grange of the Order
Of Patrons of Husbanry
Phil has been a member of the Grange for more than 45 years on the local, county, state and national levels. He was elected to the National Grange Board of Directors in 2007. He also is Chairman of the Connecticut State Grange Board of Directors. In the past he has served as Master of the Connecticut State Grange and Treasurer of the National Grange. Phil also has served as Gatekeeper, Asst. Steward, Steward, Overseer and Deputy of the CT State Grange.
He is a member of St. Andrew’s Lodge of the Masonic Order.
Phil Prelli was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Connecticut on May 20, 2005 a position he held until January 5, 2011. Prior to that, he served as a State Representative from the 63rd District, inConnecticut.
While a State Representative, he served as an Assistant House Minority Leader serving as Chairman of the House Republican Bill Screening Committee and a member of the General Assembly’s Banks, Environment, Commerce, Finance Revenue and Bonding, Government Administration and Election (where he served as a Ranking Member) and Legislative Management committees.
He also served on the Winchester Board of Education from 1983-87 and was a member of the Superintendent Ad-Hoc Search Committee from 1983-84. He also served on the Gilbert School Long-Range Planning Committee from 1989-92.
He is an Honorary Member and Past Captain of the Winsted Volunteer Fire Department, Co. No. 3.
From 1970 to 1976, Phil was a member of the 729th Railroad Transportation Battalion Army Reserve where he reached the rank of Specialist 5.
Prior to being appointed Commissioner, Phil was an insurance agent and a partner in Tangarone and Prelli insurance in Winsted and prior to forming that company was the owner of the Prelli Insurance Agency.
Born Nov. 16, 1948, in Winsted, Phil received his Associate of Science Degree from Northwestern Connecticut Community College and his Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in mathematics and minor in economics from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.
Phil and his wife, Maureen, also a member for over 45 years and a past voting delegate, have been married for 40 years and have twin daughters, Jennifer Hester and Marie Keefe and 5 Grandchildren Gavin, Anna and Reid Hester and Molly and Addison Keefe.